Indus

See also: indus and Indus.

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /⁠hiⁿduš⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬛𐬎 (hiṇdu)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš or borrowed from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu) (whence Sindh). Another explication relates the origin of Indus to Indra which itself derives from the root indu, i.e. " water place or water spirit". [1]

Proper noun

Indus

  1. A major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea.
    • 2022 August 28, “Pakistan's south braces for another deluge as northern rivers swell”, in France 24[1], archived from the original on 28 August 2022, Asia / Pacific‎[2]:
      The mighty Indus River that courses through Pakistan's second-most populous region is fed by dozens of mountain tributaries to the north, but many have burst their banks following record rains and glacier melt.
    • 2023 August 29, “Pakistan raises flood alert in eastern region as over 128,000 evacuated”, in EFE[3], archived from the original on 24 April 2024:
      Floods in the river Sutlej – which originates in Tibet and crosses India before merging into the Indus river – has completely cut off several villages and areas in Pakistan, submerging hundreds of hectares of farmland.
Derived terms
Translations

References

  1. ^ The Myths and Gods of India: The Classic Work on Hindu Polytheism from the Princeton Bollingen Series

Further reading

Etymology 2

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin Indus (Indian), commemorating American Indians.

Proper noun

Indus

  1. (astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky between Grus and Pavo.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

Clipping of industry.

Proper noun

Indus

  1. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɪndus]

Proper noun

Indus m inan (relational adjective induský)

  1. the Indus river

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Indus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈindus/, [ˈindus̠]
  • Rhymes: -indus
  • Syllabification(key): In‧dus
  • Hyphenation(key): In‧dus

Proper noun

Indus

  1. Indus (river)

Declension

Inflection of Indus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative Indus
genitive Induksen
partitive Industa
illative Indukseen
singular plural
nominative Indus
accusative nom. Indus
gen. Induksen
genitive Induksen
partitive Industa
inessive Induksessa
elative Induksesta
illative Indukseen
adessive Induksella
ablative Indukselta
allative Indukselle
essive Induksena
translative Indukseksi
abessive Induksetta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Indus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Indukseni
accusative nom. Indukseni
gen. Indukseni
genitive Indukseni
partitive Industani
inessive Induksessani
elative Induksestani
illative Indukseeni
adessive Induksellani
ablative Indukseltani
allative Indukselleni
essive Induksenani
translative Induksekseni
abessive Induksettani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Induksesi
accusative nom. Induksesi
gen. Induksesi
genitive Induksesi
partitive Industasi
inessive Induksessasi
elative Induksestasi
illative Indukseesi
adessive Induksellasi
ablative Indukseltasi
allative Induksellesi
essive Induksenasi
translative Indukseksesi
abessive Induksettasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Induksemme
accusative nom. Induksemme
gen. Induksemme
genitive Induksemme
partitive Industamme
inessive Induksessamme
elative Induksestamme
illative Indukseemme
adessive Induksellamme
ablative Indukseltamme
allative Induksellemme
essive Induksenamme
translative Indukseksemme
abessive Induksettamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Induksenne
accusative nom. Induksenne
gen. Induksenne
genitive Induksenne
partitive Industanne
inessive Induksessanne
elative Induksestanne
illative Indukseenne
adessive Induksellanne
ablative Indukseltanne
allative Induksellenne
essive Induksenanne
translative Indukseksenne
abessive Induksettanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Induksensa
accusative nom. Induksensa
gen. Induksensa
genitive Induksensa
partitive Industaan
Industansa
inessive Induksessaan
Induksessansa
elative Induksestaan
Induksestansa
illative Indukseensa
adessive Induksellaan
Induksellansa
ablative Indukseltaan
Indukseltansa
allative Indukselleen
Induksellensa
essive Induksenaan
Induksenansa
translative Induksekseen
Indukseksensa
abessive Induksettaan
Induksettansa
instructive
comitative

Derived terms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈinduʃ]
  • Hyphenation: In‧dus
  • Rhymes: -uʃ

Proper noun

Indus

  1. Indus (a large river in south-central Asia)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Indus
accusative Indust
dative Indusnak
instrumental Indussal
causal-final Indusért
translative Indussá
terminative Indusig
essive-formal Indusként
essive-modal
inessive Indusban
superessive Induson
adessive Indusnál
illative Indusba
sublative Indusra
allative Indushoz
elative Indusból
delative Indusról
ablative Industól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
Indusé
non-attributive
possessive – plural
Induséi
Possessive forms of Indus
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Indusom Indusaim
2nd person sing. Indusod Indusaid
3rd person sing. Indusa Indusai
1st person plural Indusunk Indusaink
2nd person plural Indusotok Indusaitok
3rd person plural Indusuk Indusaik

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Indus m sg (genitive Indī); second declension

  1. The Indus River.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

See also

References

  • Indus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "Indus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Indus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[4]
  • Indus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Indus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Indus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈin.dus/
  • Rhymes: -indus
  • Syllabification: In‧dus

Proper noun

Indus m inan

  1. Indus (a major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea)
  2. Indus (a hamlet in Alberta, Canada)

Declension

Noun

Indus m pers (female equivalent Induska)

  1. Indian (a person from India)
    Synonyms: Hindus, Indyjczyk

Declension

Further reading

  • Indus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Indus in Polish dictionaries at PWN